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1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
As an alumna, Laurel Parade. It’s such a powerful expression of sisterhood and legacy, of memory and the powerful set of women we’re connected to. As a student, Mountain Day. I still try to celebrate it now, to get outside, take a moment and appreciate the beauty of nature.
2) Favorite M&C?
Cupcakes! I’m a sucker for frosting.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Religious Ethics with Jane. Penny Gill will be my advisor for life.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The greenhouse in the winter, a burst of life in the cold winter. The Upper Lake bridge, a quiet space to relax especially in the fall.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I teach high school history and ended up spending close to 4 years in Egypt.
– Sierra Thomsen :: vice president
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
mountain day. gives me an excuse to get out and get some fresh air…plus, in senior year it gave me some extra time to finish my homework that was due that day.
2) Favorite M&C?
magic cookie bars!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
ethics and public policy/ tie: jane crosthwaite & james harold
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
rao’s in the library foyer/ rao’s in the library foyer
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
i have a dog and decided against law school
– aislinn rocamora
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
I think Elfing. I loved all the traditions. But Elfing was fun as a first year and fun as a sophomore. I loved giving and receiving all the surprises. I’m still in touch with my Elf, and she continues to be one of my favorite people.
2) Favorite M&C?
Magic Cookie Bars. The best.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Pretty much any class I took with Sohail Hashmi – Middle East Politics, Comparative Middle East Politics, Just War and Jihad, etc. Basically, if he taught it, I took the class.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Pratt. I loved practicing and studying there.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That I pursued the law, instead of economics. And that I married a guy who I dated my first year of college, broke up with, and swore I would never speak to again. Things change.
– Karuna [Johnson] Brunk
I thank Rhea for inviting me to participate, even if I technically graduated in ’04. Does this mean I’m bi-alumnal? Can I come to both reunions?
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Mountain Day. Hands down. When I am in charge of…something…I’m totally instituting Mountain Day as a regular event.
2) Favorite M&C?
Magic cookie bars. I am shocked that not everyone answered this way, but variety is the spice of life I suppose.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
I like Life, the Universe and Everything much more in retrospect than I liked taking it at the time. Also Human Dimensions of Environmental change (or “people suck” as we liked to call it). In both cases because I learned things in those classes that I still remember and that are not at all related to anything I do now; it makes me feel well-rounded. Also, James Harold’s class on the Philosophy of Evil….I may be a big enough nerd that I could list half my classes as favorites, but I’ll stop there.
Favorite Professor: Eleanor Townsley. Best advisor ever, and the reason I ended up in grad school (eventually).
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Unwind/Work: The Dirty will always count as “on campus” in my memory, tied with the old Blanchard as Rhea described it.
Favorite spot on campus: Upper Lake.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I have a PhD and people actually pay me to study and talk about video games, and go all over the world while doing so….the me living it hardly believes it.
-Adrienne Shaw
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Laurel Parade because it’s a tradition that I still get to enjoy as an alum.
2) Favorite M&C?
Too many to choose from! Either vegan cupcakes or magic cookie bars!!!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Community Crossover. We visited a Head Start Program, a nursing home, and a prison and taught movement to each community. That class changed the way I view art and education.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The green behind Dickinson. It’s a private oasis! Also, the green room at Rooke Theatre.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
On my “Senior of the Week” column, I said that I wanted to go to grad school for theatre education and be a freelance theatre artist. I think the old me would be surprised to know that I actually did it! I’m living the dream!
– Erica Berman :: president
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Laurel Parade, hands down. I love that so many alumnae come back to celebrate our sisterhood, and welcome the seniors into it—beautiful. Add accessories in class colors and Bread and Roses and it’ s unbeatable.
2) Favorite M&C?
Magic cookie bars. Yum!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
I loved John Grayson, Lenore Carlisle and Fran Deutsch. And though no psych majors will agree with me on this one, I really liked Research Methods, and Fran’s seminar on gender & domestic labor.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
I liked the docks on Upper Lake for unwinding, and the Mandelles Hill for sledding!
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
She’d be surprised that I’m not teaching, that I’ve taken up distance running, and that I work with power tools every day.
– Sarah Jane Shattuck :: reunion co-chair
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Elfing!!! Who doesn’t love midnight visitors leaving words of encouragement and tons of distractions at your door just in time for midterms? When I was an elf (and I still elf first tear grad students), I loved making nerdy science games like lady bug checkers out of nutshells, astro-poetry, and sidewalk shoutouts.
2) Favorite M&C?
Carrot sticks- just kidding! I would wander out of the physics lounge or the observatory for the chocolate chip cookies. Nothing like chocolate and sugar to help the brain chug along…
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Favorite Class: Planetary Science with Darby. Actually any class with Darby was awesome! Darby, Catrina Hamilton, Sean Sutton, and Shubba were the proffessors I still remember and love 🙂 (And not to seem physic/Astronomy heavy I also love and miss: Paul Dobosh, Lisa Ballesteros, Orin, Fawn, and Cindy Morrell)
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
Physics lounge. I lived there. Literally. 🙂
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I’m married and a mother. Never thought that would happen- ever!!! But I’m so happy that I get to experience this life (outside of Physics), I almost feel normal 😉
– Becky Barlow
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
The Laurel Parade is an amazing tradition that exemplifies the journey MHC women have taken and will continue to take in the future. I remember walking that parade on graduation and thinking that this is an experience like no other and so hard to explain how amazing the journey is!
2) Favorite M&C?
That’s a tough one. I loved chocolate chip cookies!
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
My favorite class was “Zen and Japanese Culture” with Professor Yamashita as his approach to learning and life philosophy is amazing! My favorite professor is a hard question as I had three amazing professors that made me fall in love with my double major, Politics and Religion. My favorite professor(s) were Christopher Pyle, Jane Crosthwaite and Tadanori Yamashita. They were all my favorite, especially Jane and Professor Yamashita.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
My favorite spot on campus was “The Green” in the Spring/Fall as it was so beautiful! My favorite place to unwind was Upper Lake. It was a great place to walk and relax.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
I think the surprise would be doing a PhD in International Relations instead of going to Law School!
– Laura Khor
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
I’d have to go M and C’s. Not only were they (mostly) yummy, but it gives you a chance to pull your head out of the books and relax for a bit. And to socialize w/ your dorm-mates.
2) Favorite M&C?
Princess Bars i think they were called. Shortbread/sugar cookie thingey, with raspberry and coconut.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
a tie. between Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics with Craig Woodard and Emerging Christian Identities with Michael Penn.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The Greenhouse/Path between the Art building and chemistry building. Sitting in the library with a chai from rao’s was pretty calming too!! The chai’s did it for me!!
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That I am in nursing school and married! yikes!
– Helen [Higgins] Burger
1) What is your favorite MHC tradition? Why?
Laurel Parade and Elfing! Laurel cause it always means so much to me, and elfing because I loved waking up to a door covered in newspaper.
2) Favorite M&C?
Peanut butter cookies. We didn’t get them often because of allergies, but I always stocked up when we did.
3) Favorite class? / Favorite professor?
Anything with Constantine Pleshakov or Fred McGinness. Talk about a history groupie.
4) Favorite spot on campus to unwind? / Your favorite spot on campus?
The tropical room in the greenhouse. Instant Singapore.
5) What would the you from college be surprised to know about your life today?
That I am not, in fact, a PhD in Russian History, but a budding voiceover talent who just got her first paid gig! Baby steps. 😉
– Abby Watson
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